> On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Yiannis wrote:
>
> > actually there is cheap and dirty way to do...but you have to boot
> > into dos first... Mr Knorr might remember my post about me bugging him
> > regarding why Vesa console didnt work...it actualy was the 1.2
> > compliance problem..which can be bypased though thusly.. get Scitech
> > display doctor for DoS first..install it and then have loadlin handy
> > on your dos partition (assuming there is one)..the rest is up to
> > you.Personaly i use a batch file that loads up SDD enables VESA 2.0
> > and Framebuffer then loads my kernel passing the relevant kernel boot
> > parameters to it...hey presto..i;m running 800x600x16k .. my Graphics
> > card is an old Diamond Stealth 64 PCI..S3 764 as chipset..
>
> Thanks for the tips; I've been following up on this. I've now discovered
> the real reason why I can't have linear framebuffer working [Thanks to the
> SDD program for finding this out] because my system's memory is 32MB.
> There is a problem with the Cirrus Logic chipset [I have CL5429 w/2MB] in
> that linear frame buffer cannot be enabled with memory >14MB. This
> effectively preludes the use of the fbcon stuff for me. :o( <sfx: head
> hitting wall *thud* *thud* *thud*> Oh sure, I can use it with the text
> 132x43 mode, that's good enough for me, but still.. can't complain really.
> OTOH, if someone was to either sell or donate me a VESA/ISA graphic card
> with 4MB that complies with VESA 2.0... who knows?
>
> Thanks anyway - it's been an interesting trip through the VESA stuff
>
> Cheers,
>
>
There should be an option in your BIOS to enable 15-16MB memory hole,
or something similar.... enable this and you should be okay, but I don't
know how well linux likes it..... it may require options to linux kernel or
a patch....
Joseph Malicki
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